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HEN the firemen entered the house and approached the caldron, their nostrils were assailed with that same indescribable aroma that had so bewitched CHANG FAT. One, more bold than the rest, dipped his helmet into the amber liquid, and first sipping it, finally drank to his fill. Then the others followed his example, with such an exhilarating effect that they were soon dancing and singing college glees; so came the whole populace, and loud cries were made for CHANG FAT, for they now knew that the toasted leaves that he discovered were the cause. of this joy.

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HE next day the Judge was giving orders to have the house immediately rebuilt, that it might again be set on fire, when a sage arose, like our BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, who made the discovery that leaves could be toasted in an ordinary tin-pan, and that water could be boiled in another tin-pan, and that if the toasted leaves were then put in the boiling-water, the magic infusion was produced of a quality far exceeding that obtained by burning down the houses. Then again came loud cries for CHANG FAT," the great discoverer.